twpcldtypeC3.c1

Name: Cloud Type Classification at Central Facility, Darwin, Australia - twpcldtypeC3.c1
Published: 2003-01-01

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2003, updated hourly. Cloud Type Classification (CLDTYPE). 2003-01-01 to 2014-05-02, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3). Compiled by D. Zhang and Y. Shi. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed  at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1349884.

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1349884

cldtype

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Cloud Type Classification (cldtype)

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Measurements

Cloud base best estimate, based on ceilometer and micropulse lidar
Top height (AGL) of hydrometeor layers for up to 10 layers, based on combined radar and micropulse lidar observations
Cloud type

Location

Tropical Western Pacific

Latitude: -12.425
Longitude: 130.892
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Start Date: 2003-01-01
End Date: 2014-05-02
Last Updated: 2017-08-16

Instrument Mentor

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#cldtype

Yan Shi

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Damao Zhang

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Laura Riihimaki

CIRES | NOAA ESRL GML

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1349884
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2003, updated hourly. Cloud Type Classification (CLDTYPE). 2003-01-01 to 2014-05-02, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3). Compiled by D. Zhang and Y. Shi. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1349884.